Front-line workers are heroes. Little debate over that point. What was in debate, however was whether time off over Christmas trumped the need to roll out vaccinations.
One Newfoundlander found himself in the news defending the fact that just 13,200 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were administered throughout Ontario when
Know how the 1992 Quentin Tarantino classic, Reservoir Dogs was named? As the story goes, there was a pile of unsolicited scripts filed under the same name and it contained movie scripts, all figuratively vying for attention, just like dogs stuck in a reservoir tank waiting to be selected and
One of the things that come with a weekly column is the notion of recurring themes. All stories can’t be about Donald Trump or Covid-19. Those are observations about what broadcaster John Nesbitt called The Passing Parade.
Catching a break
There are, on the other hand, story themes that keep
It might not seem like there’s much to celebrate these days. Times are tough and the world seems to have gone mad.
As of January 11th, a year to the date marking the very first death due to the CORONA-19 virus, two million people have taken their last pained pandemic-caused
Local author Marian Frances White returns with Island Vegan, a cookbook full of unique recipes celebrating her 40-plus years vegan
Filmmaker, writer and chef Marian Frances White has made quite the name for herself in Newfoundland and Labrador. You may recognize the name from The Eldamar Cookbook: A Fine
One of the more interesting aspects of the current Corona virus crisis is the odd juxtaposition of facts in our medically and socially realigned world. Some things are the same and some are very much NOT the same.
In need of constants
This morning I was down to the ocean
Anglican cleric and poet John Donne used that phrase in a sermon, referring to church bells signifying a death. “No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the Continent …. Any man’s death diminishes me, for I am involved in mankind … therefore never
A friend asked if my folks wanted a brace of rabbits. When you are the daughter of a daughter of a farmer and the daughter of a son of a fishermen, you are into it all.
I’ve seen a snare or two in my day. I’ve also helped pull the
In The Bible, Acts tells the tale of the conversion of Saul, a man who made it his mission to persecute the disciples of Jesus Christ. Paul, as he renamed himself once becoming an apostle, was on a journey from Jerusalem to Damascus when he saw a bright light.
While
I was going to try and write some ultimate COVID-19 story, but that situation is complicated and unfolding so quickly that instead I will share a quiet moment that I think has meaning. The Coronavirus is changing our world. We are all in it and we are all coping. There